Federal complaint record · Ford Escape · model year 2006

2006 Ford Escape

Owners submitted 464 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 59th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2004 to 2008 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is speed control. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Speed control · 16% · group n = 100Powertrain · 13% · group n = 80Brakes · 11% · group n = 70Engine · 11% · group n = 68Suspension · 10% · group n = 65
464
Complaint records on file
83,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 405 complaints reported mileage
16%
Of classified component reports name speed control · group n = 100
59th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 33 model years

Speed control · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Speed control16%

Speed control reports

Ford Escape · model year 2006

Reports in this group100
Share of classified reports16%
Component groups on file6
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The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 89 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32006 Ford Escape
Transmission behavior · 52 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32006 Ford Escape
Stalling or shutdown · 51 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32006 Ford Escape

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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